Eustigmaeus jiangxiensis Hu, Chen & Huang

Dönel, Güldem & Doğan, Salih, 2011, The stigmaeid mites (Acari: Stigmaeidae) of Kelkit Valley (Turkey), Zootaxa 2942, pp. 1-56 : 24

Eustigmaeus jiangxiensis Hu, Chen & Huang

Eustigmaeus jiangxiensis Hu, Chen & Huang, 1996: 319 ; Doġan, 2005: 838; 2007: 15; Erman, Özkan, Ayyıldız & Doġan, 2007: 7, Faraji, Ueckermann & Bakker, 2007: 147; Kheradmand, Ueckermann & Fathipour, 2007: 145.

Materials examined. 2 ƤƤ from soil with grass and moss, 40°17'37'' N, 39°34'03'' E, 1927 m, Köse, 26 X 2007; 1 Ƥ from litter under Quercus sp., 40°17'39'' N, 39°34'25'' E, 1886 m, Köse Mountain, 23 XI 2007; 1 Ƥ from moss and lichen on decayed bark of Pinus sp., 40°17'11'' N, 39°35'30'' E, 1791 m, Köse Mountain, 23 XI 2007; 32 ƤƤ from litter under Pinus sp., 40°15'17'' N, 37°53'52'' E, 764 m, Koyulhisar, 30 V 2008; 41 ƤƤ, 7 larvae from moss near the brook, 40°14'55'' N, 38°49'54'' E, 1757 m, between Çamoluk-Alucra, 31 V 2008; 1 Ƥ, 1 deutonymph Ƥ from litter under Quercus sp. and Pinus sp., 40°17'11'' N, 39°35'29'' E, 1790 m, Köse Mountain, 31 V 2008; 1 Ƥ from grass and moss, 40°17'81'' N, 37°44'71'' E, 644 m, Koyulhisar, 17 V 2009; ZMAU.

Distribution. China, France, Iran and Turkey ( Hu et al. 1996; Doġan 2005, 2007; Erman et al. 2007; Faraji et al. 2007; Kheradmand et al. 2007).

Remarks. This species can be distinguished from related species by the shape of the dorsal setae and ornamentation of the dorsum, absence of ventral setae 4a, post-ocular setae sci not very diminutive and tarsi IV without solenidion ω. Our specimens identified as E. jiangxiensis resemble other known specimens in all respects.